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Show Page A4 THE DAILY HERALD, (www.HMkTheHerald.comX Provo, Utah, Friday, December 27, 2002 Nation Relentless fund raising pays cff for Frist - WASHINGTON (AP) for As Republican Senate candidates, Tennessee Sen. Bill Frist helped generate record amounts for colleagues who in January will address him as "Mr. Majority Leader." During his two years at the helm of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, Frist helped raise $124 million, money that fueled the GOPs takeover of the Senate last month. The heart surgeon turned politician also gave Republicans hundreds of thousands of dollars from his own political action committee. Frist is also proud of his party's drive last month. Hillary Clinton chosen to give response - NEW YORK (AP) Democrats have chosen Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton to give the party's response to President Bush's weekly radio address Saturday. It's a first for the former first lady, and a step back to the national stage. Since her election two years ago, Clinton has focused on issues affecting her New York constituents and on developing relationships with Senate colleagues. Clinton will urge Congress to extend federal unemployment benefits to more than 800,000 people due to lose them Saturday, said Ranit Schmelzer, spokeswoman for Senate Democratic leader Tom Daschle, who tapped Clinton for the role. Many leaders remain at large al-Qai- da - WASHINGTON (AP) Many of the terrorist organizers whom the U.S. government has identified as players in the Sept. 11 attacks remain beyond the reach of the worldwide effort to hunt Some still at large are top lieutenants of Osama bin Laden. Others are midlevel financiers who paid for the hijackers' movements and training. Others are thought to be logistical aides who may hold key information about how the attacks were put together. Many had contacts with the 19 suicide hijackers, particularly with the cell based in Hamburg, Germany, that included Mohamed Atta and two of the other hijacker pilots. Only a few are dead or in custody. low-lev- el World 12 killed in second attack in Philippines MANILA, Philippines (AP) Suspected Muslim rebels ambushed a Canadian company's workers in the southern Philippines on Thursday, killing 12 and injuring 10, the military said. It was the second deadly attack on Mindanao island this week. On Christmas Eve, a bomb made from an 8 mm mortar shell filled with nail fragments exploded outside the home of a town's mayor, killing 17 people. It was not clear if there was a link between the incidents, which occurred roughly two days and 100 miles apart The military blamed both attacks on rebels from the Moro Islamic Liberation Front Rebel spokesman Eid Kabalu denied any involvement saying "We don't kill innocent people; besides, the MILF is currently negotiating peace with the government" After Christmas, Venezuela resumes strike - After a brief Christmas CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) break, thousands of people renewed protests across Venezuela on Thursday, the 25th day of a strike to force Hugo Chavez to call elections. In Caracas, workers, journalists, business leaders, artists and politicians staged rallies under a new rallying cry: "Freedom!" Thousands of protesters demonstrated in the streets oil monopoly and at the headquarters of the state-owne- d Petroleos de Venezuela SA, or PDVSA. Oil executives staged a rally shouting :"NotTohe step backTlihd "We are not afraid!" as speakers denounced government firings of striking oil workers and arrests of tanker crews. The strike, which began Dec. 2, has shut most gasoline stations, factories and many stores, causing fuel and food nation of 24 million. shortages in this food-importi- Israeli Associated Press Writer AMMAN, Jordan has taken Ahmed part in dozens of demonstrations for Arab causes since 1956, when he joined students streaming into the streets to protest the British-Frenc- h attack on Egypt after it nationalized the Suez Canal. The last was during the 1991 Gulf War when burned American and Israeli flags to celebrate Iraqi President Saddam Hussein's firing of Scud missiles on Israeli cities. and many For of his fellow Palestinians and leadb other Arabs ers like former Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser and Saddam were the embodiment of Saladin, the 12th century Muslim hero who expelled the Christian Crusaders from Palestine. But if a major war breaks out in Iraq now, says he will simply shut his downtown clothing shop, go home and follow the war news on pan-Ara- but defeats, humiliation and told The disasters," Associated Press. Like many people in the Middle East, hopes any war on Iraq will be short and will target only Saddam's regime. He said his deepest worry is about the Iraqis who might be killed or suffer, not about Iraq's leadership. For years, Saddam skillfully played to Arab public opinion. But Jordanian political analyst Raja Talab said the Iraqi leader's popularity is waning and many Arabs now blame him for "leading the area to the edge of another catastrophe." "People look for real heroes who can deliver and Saddam is only a drowning, defeated ruler who is clinging to the wreckage," Talab said. the Arab Throughout world, governments are afraid of the instability that war Santa Arrives TODAY! 9am, South side near P.F. Chang's " - Associated Press Writer ,'. I I I ' - - Israeli RAMALLAH, West Bank troops chasing militants in the West Bank surrounded homes, a hospital and a downtown square Thursday, killing five armed Palestinians and two bystanders, while soldiers reoccupied Bethlehem after withdrawing over Christmas. J The military activity reflected Israel's strategy of seizing the initiative in its conflict with the Palestinians instead of reacting to Palestinian attacks. But the largest Palestinian death toll in weeks also raised concerns of new efforts by Palestinian militants who have not staged a major terrorist attack to retaliate. in almost a month conflict An escalation of the could also have an impact on Israel's Jan. 28 election. Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's Likud is ahead in the polls, but his advantage has been slipping because of a police investigation of alleged in recent internal party elections. In Bethlehem, Israeli forces imposed a curfew again, confining residents to their homes until further notice. The k curfews are usually enforced for breaks of a periodic except few hours to allow people to buy food. On Christmas Eve, the Israelis had pulled ' back from the center of town. On Thursday, Israeli jeeps drove back through the town, residents said. Soldiers with loudspeakers declared the curfew and threw tear gas canisters at H j J ft r . V' , ' Ar a - ' v;.-- 3 a .j th NASStR ISHTAYfcHThe Associated Press Confrontation: Two armed Palestinians walk along a street near the scene of a gunbattle with Israeli soldiers In the West Bank town of Nablus on Thursday. vote-buyi- people celebrating the Christmas holidays, forcing them indoors. The Israeli military said the curfew was brought back for security reasons. Israel's latest occupation of Bethlehem came after a Palestinian suicide bomber from the town blew himself up on a bus in Jerusalem on Nov. 21, killing 11 passengers. Israel says it has warnings of other militants planning attacks around-the-cloc- originating in Bethlehem In clashes Thursday, Israeli soldiers killed five armed Palestinian fugitives and two bystanders a teenager and a traffic policeman. In Ramallah, soldiers surrounded a hospital and fired at the guard room, killing an armed guard and arresting three others, Ramallah governor Mustafa Issa said. The military said soldiers shot a wanted Palestinian who tried to escape. Chechen refugees move out with bitterness, fear By YURI BAGROV Associated Press Writer ORDZHONIKLDZEVSKA Terrified of the YA, Russia Russian troops fighting rebels inside Chechnya, Dzhabrail Galuyev says he would rather die than return to the republic he fled after fighting began three years ago. But he and other refugees may have no choice: Russia ' closed one camp, and may cut gas and electricity to others if people don't go back, even if there's nothing waiting for them, human rights groups say. "Even if soldiers come in tanks and forcefully throw people out of their tents, even then I won't leave, m die here," Galuyev said. "In that case, somebody would know about my death. There in Chechnya, I could simply disappear. like Galuyev, tens of thousands of Chechens are afraid to return to their, homeland, where airstrikes, artillery barrages and rebel could bring, damaging their economies and perhaps giving radicals a chance to stir up populations already angry with their autocratic leaders. Arab states, including Jordan, have sought to block any demonstrations, making it difficult to judge how much public opinion about Saddam has shifted. There are signs Saddam's popularity is diminishing in the Arab world and that governments are aware of it -but are still uncertain of the full impact of a war on their pro-Ira- qi own countries. Talab, the political analyst, pointed out that Jordanian officials and many Jordanian citizens like are worried war could upset the fragile economy and bring a wave of Iraqi refugees to Jordan, sandwiched between Iraq and Israel. 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Russian officials deny allegations that they are pressuring refugees to leave the camps, but say the republic is safe. One Chechen official said Thursday that some refugees may be reluctant to return pro-Mosco- w because they have "dirty pasts." "There are criminals, rebels among them," Vakha Baibatyrov, a Moscow representative of Chechnya's Kremlin-backe- d administration, told Echo of Moscow radio. The United Nations says about 20,000 people live in the tent camps, and another 90,000 stay with relative or in makeshift shelters in Ingushetia, which borders Chechnya to the west. LOOK WHAT'S NEW TODAY! ' Call 3?3-645- to have your classified ads 0 in this section! term (801)787-968- 7 smkpets. - er, OW hkup, cvrd prking & cb) inc, Advtg 8 Mgt 836-30- Processor Exp reqd. LPDU, point, outgoing, responsible. Excellent pay DOE. 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